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Joomla! vs DatoCMS: What are the differences?

Joomla!: A content management system helping both novice users and expert developers to create powerful websites and applications. Joomla is a simple and powerful web server application and it requires a server with PHP and either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server to run it; DatoCMS: Build better websites without compromise. It is a fully customizable administrative area for your static websites. Use your favorite website generator, let your clients publish new content independently, host the site anywhere you like.

Joomla! and DatoCMS can be categorized as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.

Some of the features offered by Joomla! are:

  • User Management
  • Media Manager
  • Language Manager

On the other hand, DatoCMS provides the following key features:

  • Build a custom backend from a visual UI
  • Supports virtually any static site generator
  • Deploy anywhere you want (S3, Netlify, Surge.sh, etc.)

Joomla! is an open source tool with 3.31K GitHub stars and 2.9K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Joomla!'s open source repository on GitHub.

Decisions about DatoCMS and Joomla!
Dragos Balota
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10 Years ago I have started to check more about the online sphere and I have decided to make a website. There were a few CMS available at that time like WordPress or Joomla that you can use to have your website. At that point, I have decided to use WordPress as it was the easiest and I am glad I have made a good decision. Now WordPress is the most used CMS. Later I have created also a site about WordPress: https://www.wpdoze.com

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Pros of DatoCMS
Pros of Joomla!
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    API-based cms
  • 3
    Cheaper alternative
  • 3
    Free for small projects
  • 3
    Flexible
  • 2
    Simple and customizable
  • 2
    Images API
  • 1
    Granular permissions
  • 1
    Video streaming service
  • 1
    GraphQL API
  • 17
    Powerful extension architecture
  • 6
    Powerfull CMS
  • 5
    Mid-Hight End level CMS
  • 4
    Highly customizable
  • 2
    Vast repository of free and paid extensions
  • 2
    Extensions & Templates
  • 1
    Multilingual in the core

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Cons of DatoCMS
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      Depleting dev community

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    What is DatoCMS?

    It is a fully customizable administrative area for your static websites. Use your favorite website generator, let your clients publish new content independently, host the site anywhere you like.

    What is Joomla!?

    Joomla is a simple and powerful web server application and it requires a server with PHP and either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server to run it.

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    What are some alternatives to DatoCMS and Joomla!?
    Contentful
    With Contentful, you can bring your content anywhere using our APIs, completely customize your content structure all while using your preferred programming languages and frameworks.
    WordPress
    The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
    Strapi
    Strapi is100% JavaScript, extensible, and fully customizable. It enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use the their favorite tools.
    Drupal
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
    Adobe Experience Manager
    It is a Web Content Management System that allows companies to manage their web content (Web pages, digital assets, forms, etc) and also create digital experiences with this content on any platform web, mobile or IoT.
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